Shipping carton



.Fuy 30, 1935. E. F. LANG ET Al.

SHIPPING CARTON Filed Deo. 23, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet l -will lll --2f/'Wvnors 4r/2s Xiang crew J cz s 3A' ATTOR EY My 30, 1935. E. F. LANGET AL SHIPPING CARTON Filed Deo. 23, 1933 ZVSheets-Sheet 2y INVENTOR-SAT1-ORNE? Patented July 30, 1935 i@ UNITED (STATES ori-*ics sinimediams," Ernst r. Lang and 'Andrew i. Detfijt',Application"neembefzs,lissalseiai No. :censo- Thisinvention relates. toshipping.` cartons and particularly to cartons for packingtandshippingvacuum cleaners.- 1 'f' f An object of the invention is to provide a setof fibre board packing elements, each ydesigned toV engage a certainportion of a'vac'uum cleaner, and jointlyV adapted to definitely'position the vacuum cleaner within a shipping carton, and to absorb suchshocks and stresses as the shipment will encounter in normal transit.

Another object is to secure sucha set of packing' elements to a fibre'board supporting sheet so 'as to forma packing unit, positively assuringa correct location of said elements within the care' is' ton,I a'ndgreatly expediting the packing operation. LA further object isto sobendand fashion op-r posite end portions of said supporting sheet, as toutilize said end portions as'special packing elements. Still anotherobject is to compressively stress one of said special packing elementsbetween aV wall of the carton` andthe vacuum cleaner, so as to` urge thelatter firmlyagainst aseat on the Opposing Wall, formedby anotherpacking element. 1

Otherobjects are-to utilize the dust bag of a vacuum cleaner as apacking for the body there; of, to hold the wheels of -the cleanersuitably spaced above the carton bottom `by'engagement beneath thecleaner bod-y'of artubular fibre board element, capable ofconsiderableresilient play, andto employ a single bre board eleni'ent to forni apacking beneath the suction nozzleV of the cleaner and betweensaidnozzle Aand three adjacent walls of the carton. .f l

, These and various other objects the invention attains by theconstruction hereinafter described and illustrated inthe accompanyingdrawings,

wherein: l

Fig. 1A is a topplan View of the improved car-` ton; with yitstop-forming flapsfolded back .to disclose the packin'gunit,` afvac'uumcleaner being indicated in dash lines, in the-carton.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional, view of the carton, showing thesameclosedytherplane off-sec'- tionv being indicated at 2-2 in' Fig. 1, andthe cleanerbeing again shown in dash lines'.v I Y Fig.'3 is .a top VplanView of the packing unit as'it appears beforeinsertion in the carton;

66 Fig. 4f is ai side-view of theY same.

Ir th'seviews, the reference characterV I: des.-v ignates a carton',vformedinany desired manner, of Ycorrugated fibre boa-rd. As'illustrated,the top and bottoni ofthe carton are each formed I6 liywopairsofopposed`r flaps 2, formed integrally wimthe side" l walls. and ymeetingsubstatiaiiy midway between said walls.

Packed in saidgcarton:is a vacuumcleaner body,

comprising al fanshousing 3, a suction nozzle4 `extending forwardlmandVdownwardly from said 5 housing and having its lower portion elongatedtransversely of'V the body, amotor casing 5 rearwardly projecting," fromsaid housing, a pair of `forward Wheels 6 mounted on said nozzle .nearits ends', a pair of rear Wheelsl carried by a bracket 10 8 fastened tothe Inotor. casing, therebeneath, and projecting rearwardly`r therefrom,and a `handle.-mounting yoke 9 straddling the motor casing and pivotedthereon at IG.

lThe; nozzle rests upon Va,cbrrugated'iibre board 1'5 elernent II,,formedof double thickness stock, 1 which has anA 'upturned portion I2interposed betw'een `the front'face of the nozzle and the ad'- jacentWallof the carton; A pair of tongues I3 projecting transverselyto theportion l2 from the 20 ends thereof are engaged between the ends ofthenozzle and the adjacent Walls of the carton.

Beneath .the motor 4casing and transversely ,thereto is `positioned a:tubular fibre board pack-l ing element I4, which coacts with the inletYend of the, nozzle to support the cleaner body, maintaining both theforward and rear wheels spaced well above'the carton bottom. Seating ofthe bodyon the element I4 isv preferably .effected through the bracket8, asi clearly appears in Fig. 2. 30 Another tubularbre board packingelement i5, Voffanapproxiinate rectangular'form, is disposedtransversely to they cleaner body between the motor -casing'and thecarton top, the width of .said element preferably considerably exceeding35 ,its.height,- so; thatqitsv `seating faces vmay be delsi-ra'bly;large'. :y Y

To hold thecleaner firmly againstforward or rearward movement in thecarton, there is pro- 'videda packingfelement'i', formed by a rectangu-40 larsection ofiibre board folded toa double thicknessr and fittedtightly between the rear portion of the cleaner body and the OpposingWall of the carton.- Said element iselongated transversely ,of the body,soas to terminallyhave positioning 45 engagement with the side walls of.the carton, and itis preferred to engage the fold-forming edge of saidelement` in` an acute angle formedbetween the-bracketA 8 and' motorcasing, as clearly appears Fig; 2. Preferably Vthe two thicknessesformed bytheY element I6' are positively secured in a facetof-facerelation bynreans of staples Il or an equivalentconnection;

A unit' assembly for al-lof thel elements II, I 4, I5wandtSfis-,establlshed by attaching Vsaid ele- 55 ments to a supportingsheet I8 formed of corrugated fibre board. Said sheet comprises aportion I9 adapted to seat upon and fully cover the carton bottom,portions 20 and 2I, differentially rising against opposite walls of thecarton, and an extension 22 from the portion 2I, adapted to bear againstthe carton top. The element I is formed integrally with the extension22, upon the under face thereof, the top wall of said element lyingagainst said extension and forming with the latter a double thickness,and the two thicknesses being permanently interconnected by staples 23or the like. Preferably, also, a terminal margin of the sheet I8 is bentto interiorly engage a lateral wall of the element I5, reinforcing saidwall, as indicated at 24. The element I6 is pref? erably in the natureof an integral projection from the upper edge of the portion 20. As isapparent from Figs. 3 and 4, the sheet I8 is considerably elongated byits successive formation of the several portions 22, 2I, I9, 2D, and theelement I6, folding creases 25 being preferably machined across saidsheetbetween said portions and between the portion 20 and elementlIE, tofacilitate proper insertion of the unit in the carton. The elements IIand I4 are attached to the bottomengaging portion I9 of said sheet inproper spaced relation, preferably by means of staples 26.

The supporting sheet I8, in addition to establishing the packingelements I I, I4, I5 and I6 in a unitary relation,'assuring theiraccurate and expeditious location within the carton, quite stronglyreinforces the carton, and forms a shock-absorbing packing member.

The handle-mounting yoke 9 rests upon the element I6, when the packingunit is in place, and to avoid any upward swinging. of said yoke on itspivots, it is desirable -to interpose suitable packing between said yokeand the carton top. As such a packing the dust bag 2'I of the cleanermay be utilized, by extending upon said bag an elongated sheet of freelyflexible corrugated fibre board, andl rolling said sheet together withthe bag into compact, approximately cylindrical form.

The possibility of marring or scratching the finish of the cleaner .bodythrough contact of its top face with the packing unit is eliminated byinterposing a small wax-treated sheet 29 of corrugated nbre boardbetween the cleaner body and Ythe overlying portions of said unit.

In minimizing the requisite number of packing elements, and establishingthe majority of said elements in a unitary relation, the describedconstruction effects a very material reduction in the expense of packingvacuum cleaners for shipment.

The invention is presented as including all such modifications andchanges as properly come within the scope of the following claims.

What we claim is: v

l. In a shipping carton. for avacuum cleaner body having supportingwheels and a suction noz# zle, the combination with a fibre boardcontainer comprising a top, a bottom, and opposed walls, of a resilienttubular packing element retained within said container adjacent to thebottom thereof, and adapted to underlie said body to elevate the wheelsthereof above the container bottom, a second tubular packing elementretained within the 'container adjacent to the top thereof, forming acushion between said body and top, and a. fibre board packing elementretained-within said con# tainer adjacent Vto a wall thereof, andstressed between said wall and said body-to urge the nozzle towardanopposed wall of the container.

. 2. In a .shipping carton 'for avacuurn cleaner body, the combinationwith a fibre board container comprising a top, a bottom, and opposedwalls, of a fibre board packing unit inserted in said container andhaving a portion engaging the container bottom for underlying said bodyand a portion upstanding against a wall of said container, said unitfurther comprising a tubular packing element secured to said underlyingportion and forming a support for said body, and a packing elementcarried by said upstanding portion for yspacing said body from saidupstanding portion.

' 3. In a fibre board shipping carton for a vacuum cleaner body having apivotal handle-mounting yoke, a fibre board packing element supportedadjacent to a wall of said carton and adapted to extend in approximateparallelism with the carton bottom between said wall and said body, saidbodyproviding a support for said element remote from said wall, and saidelement forming a support Afor said yoke, and a dust bag attachable tosaid body andinterposed, in rolled form, between said yoke and thecarton top, as a packing element.

4. In a fibre board shipping carton for a vacuum cleaner body, a packingunit comprising a f'lbrer board sheet carrying at one end thereof atubular packing element engageable between said body and one of twoopposed walls of the carton, and carrying upon an intermediate portionthereof a second tubular packing element adapted to be interposedbetween said Ybody and the other of said opposed walls, and having itsother end portion bent into approximate parallelism with said opposedwalls and forming a strut between said body and a carton wall transverseto said opposed walls. y

5. In a shipping carton for a vacuum cleaner body, the combination witha fibre board container comprising a top, a bottom, and opposed walls,of a packing unit comprising a fibre board sheet having a portionengaging the container bottom, upstanding portions engaging saidopposed" walls, an extensionfrom one of the upstanding portions engagingthe container top, vsaid unit further comprising a tubular packingelement carried by said extension and forming a cushion between thecleaner body and the container top, a tubular packing element secured tothat portion of said sheet engaging the container bottom and formingacushioning support for said body, and a fibre board packing elementcarried by the other end portion of the sheet and engageable betweensaid body and one of said opposed walls. Y

6. Ina carton having a top, a bottom, and opposed walls for shipping avacuum cleaner body having a suction nozzle adapted to extend adjacentto the carton bottom and to face one of the opposed walls, and elongatedbetween two other walls of the carton, of a packing unit comprising afibre board sheet having a portion engaging the carton bottom,upstanding portions engaging opposed walls of the carton, an extensionfrom one of said upstanding portions engaging the carton top, said unitfurther. comprising a. tubular pacln'ng element carried by saidextension and forming a cushion between said lbody and the carton top, afibre board packing element carried by the other end portion of saidsheet and engageable between said body and a wall ofthe carton, and afibre board packing element secured to said sheet and having a portionadapted to underlie said nozzle, and a portion adapted for insertionbetween the nozzleand the wallwhich vpacking element carried by saidextension and Y it faces, and portions adapted for insertion between thenozzle ends and adjacent walls of the carton.

7. In a carton comprising a top, a bottom, and opposed walls forshipping a vacuum cleaner body having supporting wheels and a, suctionnozzle, the combination with a fibre board container comprising a top, abottom, and opposed walls, of a packing unit comprising a bre boardsheet having a portion engaging the container bottom, upstandingportions engaging opposed walls of the container, and an extension fromone of said upstanding portions engaging the container top, said unitfurther comprising a tubular serving as a cushion between said body andthe container top, a fibre board packing element carried by the otherend portion of said sheet and engageable between said bodyrand a wall ofthe container, and fibre Vboard packing elements secured in spacedrelation to that portion of said sheet engaging the container bottom,one of the last mentioned elements being adapted to under-

